Law of persons

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Private Law - The study of the law of persons Semester 1
Michaela Warrin
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Law of persons
  1. Part of objective law
    1. Regulates
      1. End of legal subject
        1. Death
        2. Private law status
          1. Coming into being
            1. Legal subjectivity
              1. begins
                1. Birth
                  1. Common law
                    1. Application
                      1. Requirements
                        1. Completion of birth
                          1. Sign of life
                          2. Viability
                          3. Statutory law
                            1. Criminal Procedure Act
                              1. Application
                                1. Requirement
                                2. Birth and Death registration Act
                                  1. Application
                                    1. Requirement
                        2. subdivided
                          1. Public law
                            1. legal rules that apply when the state acts with state authority
                            2. Private law
                              1. Collection of legal rules that apply to a variety of legal relationships in which the acting legal subject in the relationship is called a person
                          2. Law in
                            1. Objective sense
                              1. positive law
                                1. Describe norms and rules that prescribe the conduct of persons
                                2. Subjective sense
                                  1. network of legal relationships among legal subjects
                                    1. dealing with rights
                                      1. relationships
                                        1. between
                                          1. bearer of rights and other legal subjects
                                            1. subject-subject
                                            2. bearer of rights and object of the rights
                                              1. subject-object
                                      2. Legal subject v legal object
                                        1. legal subject
                                          1. an entity that can have right, duties and capacities
                                            1. types
                                              1. natural person
                                                1. Germanic & Roman law
                                                  1. slaves
                                                    1. legal objects
                                                      1. abolished 1834
                                                    2. Roman & RDL
                                                      1. severely malformed children
                                                        1. so malformed - did not have the human form and mind
                                                          1. killed by magistrates permission
                                                    3. Juristic person
                                                      1. community or association of people that, according to the law, has an independent right of existence
                                                        1. Features
                                                          1. existence independent of members
                                                            1. can be bearer of capacities, rights and obligations just like a natural person
                                                              1. must act through its functionaries
                                                              2. Types
                                                                1. Associations established in separate legislation
                                                                  1. only with the permission of the government
                                                                    1. government has extensive interest - existence and capacity to act as a legal subject is regulated in separate legislation
                                                                      1. Eskom, SABC, Universities
                                                                    2. Associations incorporated in terms of special or enabling legislation
                                                                      1. permission of the state is not required
                                                                        1. nature of association will determine under which legislation the association must register
                                                                        2. Associations that comply with the CL requirement for the establishment of a juristic person
                                                                          1. not dependent on government intervention
                                                                            1. universitates at CL
                                                                              1. Requirements
                                                                                1. organisation must remain in existence irrespective of its members
                                                                                  1. must function as bearer of rights, duties and capacities distinct of the rights, duties and capacities of its members
                                                                                    1. object of the entity may not be the acquisition of the gain
                                                                                      1. courts have held - following have legal personality
                                                                                        1. church
                                                                                          1. political party
                                                                                            1. trade union
                                                                                2. legal object
                                                                                  1. object upon which the law has not conferred the capacity to have rights, duties and capacities
                                                                                    1. something in respect of which a legal subject can have rights, duties and responsibilities
                                                                                      1. categories
                                                                                        1. Corporeal things
                                                                                          1. any tangible thing outside the person that is susceptible to human control and of value to people
                                                                                            1. real right
                                                                                            2. immaterial Property
                                                                                              1. thought of by a person
                                                                                                1. product of human intellect
                                                                                                  1. idea or thought process
                                                                                                  2. immaterial property right
                                                                                                  3. Personality property
                                                                                                    1. aspect of a person's own personality
                                                                                                      1. good name and dignity
                                                                                                      2. personality right
                                                                                                      3. Performance
                                                                                                        1. act by which something is given (dare), done (facere) or not done (non facere)
                                                                                                          1. delivery by the seller of the thing sold
                                                                                                            1. payment of an amount owing by the debtor
                                                                                                            2. personal right/claim
                                                                                                            3. Personal immaterial property
                                                                                                              1. earning capacity
                                                                                                                1. credit-worthinesss
                                                                                                                2. trade secrets
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